I received some great responses to the redesign but I want to share this one: "For fifteen years I've been cluttering up my bookmarks with relevant sites covering Hispanic news and trying the "customize your news" features on various portals to try to get it to come to me -- all with frustrating results. Your Hispanic Tips is the incredibly valuable gift I've yearned for all these years. Congratulations on finding yet more ways to improve it!"

Gracias, Tomás

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Illegal immigration issues roil Iowa town - Marshalltown, where a quarter of residents are Latino, is seeing rising anti-immigrant sentiments, especially after a deadly car crash involving a woman in the country illegally.

Virtual fence on Mexican border deemed insufficient - $20 million prototype down the tubes

Feds aid Sept. 11 victims’ illegal-immigrant relatives

Joe’s worthless sweeps - Not only are they wrong, they’re not even making dent in illegal migration

Mesa on edge as it awaits promised Arpaio sweeps - Arizona

Shortchanging phone cards probed

Immigration: The Democratic divide

Court orders Goya to negotiate with union

North Carolina governor’s candidates want tough immigration rules

Noted Mexican novelist scoffs at need for fences - Carlos Fuentes

A three-day conference honoring the late Guillermo Hernández, a professor of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA and a leading scholar of Mexican narrative ballads, will take place at the University of California, Santa Barbara in May. “The Sixth International Corrido (Mexican Narrative Ballad) Conference” will also celebrate the work and memory of composer and vocalist Lalo Guerrero.

Border fence fiasco, real or virtual

Latino art fair to run - Chicago ARTEahora

Magazine caters to Hispanic community - St. Joseph, Missouri

Here are three questions posed by The Associated Press to the eight major-party candidates for governor (in North Carolina) on the topic of illegal immigration, followed by their unabridged responses.

Missouri Governor candidates find Hispanic issues on their plates

WETA AND LATINO PUBLIC BROADCASTING - CPB Funds Work on “The Latino Americans”

Freed Mexican protest leader vows renewed demonstrations in Oaxaca - Flavio Sosa

Mexico cartels post ‘help wanted’ ads - for army soldiers who become hit men

Report questions Calif-Mexico border sewage plans

Refusal to investigate housing complaints for illegal immigrants an ‘embarrassment,’ EOC says - Nebraska

Immigrant labor pinch threatens 500 New Jersey farms (worth $475 million)

Chile is one of the most intolerant Latinamerican countries with respect to immigration, according to a survey published late last week by the pollster Latinobarometro.

Sheriff wants $700K for jailing illegal immigrants - Gwinnett County, Georgia

Rhode Island lawmakers delay vote targeting illegal immigrants

Hundreds riot at LA detention center for illegal immigrants

Contaminated sites study finds poor neighbors - 34% probability a Hispanic person lives next to a Superfund site in Lake County, Indiana

Did You Know? Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now! co-host and a columnist for the New York Daily News. In 1968 Juan was a member of SDS and one of the only Latino activists on the Columbia campus- Forty Years After Historic Columbia Strike

Did You Know? The Puerto Rican-American John Ruiz is the first and only Latino heavyweight champion of the world.

Did You Know? A study last year by the Hispanic Institute, found that on average, prepaid calling cards deliver 60% of the minutes they advertise. The Federal Trade Commission estimates that annually the industry sells $4 billion in calling cards.

Did You Know? 2.2 Million Hispanic-Owned Firms Estimated to Generate Almost $400B

Did You Know? States have considered more than 1,100 bills that deal with aspects of immigration this year (My question are how much money has been spent doing this and what party affiliations did the sponsors have)

LATINA Style Business Series Celebrates the 10 Year Anniversary Tour in New York City, NY

Antonio Roman named VP of Univision Network Sales in Miami

TuContacto-Atl.Com launches in Atlanta

Mexican baker Bimbo 1st-quarter net slips 3.6 pct

America Movil shares plunge on Mexican market

Immigrant labor pinch threatens 500 New Jersey farms (worth $475 million)

Did You Know? A study last year by the Hispanic Institute, found that on average, prepaid calling cards deliver 60% of the minutes they advertise. The Federal Trade Commission estimates that annually the industry sells $4 billion in calling cards.

Shortchanging phone cards probed

Did You Know? 2.2 Million Hispanic-Owned Firms Estimated to Generate Almost $400B

Court orders Goya to negotiate with union

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Launches ‘Puertas Abiertas’

TV Azteca Posts Loss

Kroger Creates New Position to Lead Multi-Cultural Business Development - Angel Colon

PowerDirect Launches New Hispanic Door Hanger

Hispanic advertising agencies seek to provide Arbitron input on ‘People Meter’

Nielsen Adds ESPN Deportes to Hispanic Ratings Tracking Service

Toyota Launches Literacy Program for Hispanic and Other Immigrant Families in Oakland

Hispanic e-mail users more receptive to personalized offers, study says

Los Tigres del Norte ‘rugirán’ en Irak

JLo would charge 1 million dollars to sing in Russia!

“De Caifanes a Jaguares” The album that Continues the story

WETA AND LATINO PUBLIC BROADCASTING - CPB Funds Work on “The Latino Americans”

‘¡Ask a Mexican!’ columnist speaks - Columbia, Missouri

Dozens of new federal prosecutors headed to Texas - (and other border states)

English All Sound, No Fury As County’s Official Language - Frederick County, Maryland

Piecemeal immigration legislation not the solution, says caucus

Lena Guerrero honored at Saturday services - Austin

Bill would let sheriff’s office join forces with Border Patrol - Arizona

Puerto Rican Cultural Pageant, teaching and developing - Buffalo

FiestaCaliente.com * Miller Lite * Cabo Wabo Tequila - A New Jersey music & fashion extravaganza that focuses on a range of undiscovered designers and models while transcending unique style and class onto the runway

Hispanic Caucus continues to oppose action on H-2B bills

Guidelines for Attracting the Latino Population to a Summer Overnight Camp

Salvation Army Helps Local Hispanic Families - after the raids at Chattanooga’s Pilgrim’s Pride

13th Annual Hispanic Leadership Conference this weekend - Lorain County Community College in Ohio

Hispanic Students Vie for Scholarships - Boise, Idaho